Waitlisted for CWRU 2020? Post here!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Case Western Reserve University
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Just another way to interact with people who were waitlisted and make this into one thread.

So what interested y’all in CWRU, and what major do you plan on pursuing in college?
Are you surprised you were waitlisted?
How many other colleges have you applied to (if 1+, which ones?)
Also, post your stats if you think it can give us CC people a rough estimate of what the “wait list competition” is.

But anyways… just post whatever you’d like… also if CWRU is a dream, feel free to use this thread to sob

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I was interested in Case mostly because of the city (I’m from a small college town in PA)

I applied with an intended major of aerospace engineering but now I’m leaning more toward a finance major

I’m super surprised that I was waitlisted because I have always considered Case a “target” school and it didn’t seem likely that I wouldn’t be accepted with the acceptance rate at close to 40%

My stats and such are below:
Decision: waitlisted

Sat 1: 2180 superscore (730M, 680CR, 770W)
Sat 2: chemistry 590, math 1 680 (didn’t study)
Gpa: 3.7 uw
ACT:29 composite (didn’t study)
Rank: school doesn’t rank
AP: US history, European history, Calc AB, comparative government
Senior year course load: AP euro, commercial design, cp college writing, cp film and media studies, AP Calc AB, AP comp gov, physics 1
Major awards: 2 in school leadership awards, NSHSS nomination

Extracurricular:
JV football 9, 10
Technology Student association 11 (1st and 3rd place, went on to state competitions)
Young life (junior leader) 9-12
Church youth group (mentor) 11-12
Weightlifting (highest squat in HS class) 9,10
Penn State course for credit (3.0): A-, 3.67 gpa
Psu architecture camp July 2015

Work experience:
Restaurant (busses, table setter, host) 8,9,10
Office depot (associate) 11,12

Community service:
Volunteered at a young life camp for middle schoolers, painted and fixed up buildings, drink preparation, etc 60 hours

20 to 30 hours volunteering with a church football league and a food bank

Essays: probably about a 8/10, not my best work

Teacher rec: should have been very good

Counselor rec: outstanding

Additional rec: pastor, very good

Fin aid? Yes
Major applied for: aerospace engineering
State: Pennsylvania
School type: suburban public
Class size: about 600
Ethnicity: white male, 1/4 Japanese
Income bracket:85000 to 90000, single parent
No hooks

Strengths: SAT, recommendations, work experience, community service
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT 2, extracurriculars
Why wait listed? Either not good enough gpa/extracurriculars or over qualified (they don’t think I’d attend if I get accepted)

Other colleges: University of Minnesota TC (accepted), Penn State main (accepted), university of Pittsburgh (accepted), RPI, Haverford college, Lafayette college, Lehigh university, Bucknell university, university of Rochester, Skidmore college

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If I chose the option that says "I wish to remain on the waitlist. Case is my top choice. " is that binding?

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No. Regular Decision is never binding. they’re just trying to get an idea of who are the ones that would most definitely enroll if offered a spot.

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@ohio101 Ifyou can’t say that, then perhaps you don’t want to check that option. At this point Case wants to admit people who would definitely attend. If you woudln’t, or have another option…then think twice.

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As the above 2 posters suggested, at this point it’s all about the yield for CWRU.

Here you go:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/04/16/top-colleges-put-thousands-of-applicants-in-wait-list-limbo-and-some-wont-admit-any/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_gp-waitlists-415pm:homepage/story

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anyone know when they’ll start letting people know if they have been pulled up off the waitlist?